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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1891

Page

7

Prices and Market Report From The Grain and Coffee Trade

The report notes strong demand for molasses and firmer spices, with unsettled wheat and firmer corn. Coffee markets show moderate demand, limited stock in New York and the US, and expectations of upcoming arrivals. Sugar and molasses trade reflect activity to move duty-paid sugar and exports, while tea, rice, spices, and cream of tartar prices are listed. Wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, and millfeed markets show mixed to firm movements with regional variations and active futures commentary.

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Receipts and prices for flour and grains reflected steady demand

Receipts today and for the week show flour and meal volumes with prices held firm. Flour ranges from 3.4 to 5.25 per barrel equivalents with millers and jobbers noting firm demand for various grades. Canadian and domestic wheats show export quotations from 4.76 to 6.80 f.o.b. Rye and cornmeal demand remains steady with bag and barrel pricing at 1.56 to 3.45 per unit depending on form.

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Hog and cattle markets in Kansas City stretch steady

In KanCity Sixctan to the Post markets report cattle prices with shipping steers showing good strength while other classes remain quiet.

Kansas City

Cotton market steady after mixed commodity receipts

Receipts show butter cheese and produce prices with butter steady at 30 31c for Western creamery and firm New York readings. Oat and potato markets rise modestly while poultry demand is light. Consolidated cotton receipts reach 15,060 bales, with visible supply at 3,294,854 bales and weekly port totals 92,675 bales, marking continued growth versus prior years.

New York Vermont Baltimore Western Choice Liverpool Michigan Choice Small Lots Newark Choice Neo Bern Swale Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Wilwamston Norfolk Philadelphia Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville Consolidated Great Britain France Continent

Market quotes for vegetables and produce price list

A dated price list shows assorted vegetables and produce with unit prices including onions beans lettuce cabbage cucumbers and carrots. Items include Valencia onions 3.75 per crate and Denia onions 1 per crate, carrots 0.75 per bush, cabbage 0.75 to 1 per bush, Florida string beans 4.50 per crate, asparagus 5 per dozen, beets 1 per bush, celery 0.75 per box, and cauliflower 1.50 per 2 dozen. ranges and container types vary by item.

St. Andrew White Cape Cape Hubbard Florida

Florida and Mediterranean Fruits Prices and Receipts

Florida receipts Saturday show no packages versus 2162 last year. weekly total 14 220 packages, up from 5714. Morida oranges and grapes listed with prices for boxes and barrels. Mediterranean fruits demand fair with Palermo and Messina citrus priced per box. apples and cranberries receipts and prices given. nuts and dried fruits priced, with strawberries trading in Florida at 20 to 30 cents per quart.

Florida Bright Messina Valencia King Russell Greenings Maine New Hampshire Baldwins Tallman Sweets Newmpshire Cape Cod Virginia Naples

Fruit ships and cargoes bound for Boston and Newark

The steamer James Turpie left Palermo on March 4 with 16 000 boxes Palermo oranges and 8 000 boxes lemons for Boston. The Andrea Lovico sailed from Palermo January 21 for Boston with 7 000 boxes Palermo oranges and 3 400 boxes lemons. The Ethelred is due next Wednesday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Savannah boat due today carries 4 780 boxes Florida oranges and 29 refrigerators of strawberries. The steamer Pontiac sailed from Palermo March 19 with fruit for Boston. The Largo Bay is due April 16 from Gavens Italy with trust for Boston or Newark.

James Turpie Palermo Boston Andrea Lovico Ethelred Boston Fruit Company Florida Pontiac Largo Bay Gavens Italy Newark

Cotton Market Steady As Upland Prices Close Higher

The New York soot cotton market opens steady at 9c for middling uplands with 126 bales sold and 139,982 bales in stock. Futures show initial rise and close around 9.05c, while Liverpool spot holds 15 16d for middling uplands and 6,900 bales traded with American shipments at 5,100.

New York Liverpool

The Metal Markets Learnings From A Late 19th Century Report

The metal markets show no change in iron with prices firm and foundry grades quoted high. Copper, tin, lead and zinc demand fluctuates with unsettled copper and firmer London spot prices while rail orders and coke strike influence fade. Shippings show March exports to London and the United States and whiskey prices in Peoria and St Louis remain firm.

Gray Mining Journal of New York Arequot Arizona London Straits Settlements United States Spelter Rales

Turpentine and Petroleum Spot Prices Reported

New York market notes turpentine quoted at 40 41 percent, resin at 155 160, tar at 260, while petroleum closed at 7 cents. KSW trades at 7.25 cents and cases at 9.30 cents.

Turpentine and Petroleum New York

Fall River Print Cloth Week Report With Dull Market

Fall River reports weekly print cloth data including production 190000 pieces deliveries 202000 stock 204000 sales 160000 spots 29000 futures 131000. Market dull with prices about 8 cents and slight discounts for specific widths and counts. Providence market also notes weekly sales of 10000 pieces 64x64s spots and early delivery at 3c with discounts, stock levels at 860000 64x64s and 27000 66x60s.

Fall River Providence R. I

Wool imports and market outlook steady in March week

London reports weekly wool imports by source with New South Wales 10928 bales Victoria 1173 Queensland 3700 South Australia 1557 New Zealand 2988 Cape of Good Hope and Natal 7048 France 609 and others 1033. Auction sales were quiet with 800 bales from Cape of Good Hope and Natal and 400 bales Australian. Demand remains firm in France Belgium Germany Yorkshire and western England. next sale list closes April 2.

London New Natal France Belgium Germany Yorkshire Cereny England

Market report from London and Liverpool cargoes and prices

Beerbohm reports cargoes off the coast calm for wheat, steady demand for near term corn, and quiet English markets though French markets run. In Liverpool breadstuffs Wheat firm with poor demand. corn strong, various wheat and corn quotations listed. pork, bacon, lard, tallow, cheese all firmer or steady with stated prices.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Liverpool

Oil Market Pipe Line Certificates Closing March 20 1891

Closing at 3 pm March 20 1891 and opening at 10 am March 21 for pipe line certificates. Report shows shipments and averages with refined oil priced at seven cents per gallon and cotton seed oil certificates also noted.

F. W. Prescott & Co Devonshire Street

Havana Sugar Market Dull With Nominal Close

The Havana sugar market for the past week shows little activity with dull trading. Prices closed at nominal figures across classes including regular to good polarization for sugar and Muscovado, centrifugal values, plus warehouses in Havana and Matanzas reporting stocks. weekly receipts reached around 100,000 bags and 404 hhds.

Havana Matanzis

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